1953

March 1

The Central People's Government adopted the Election Law of the National People's Congress and the Local People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. After more than a year, over 214,000 organizations and institutions across the country held grass-root elections, with a total of over 323 million registered voters. More than 5.66 million deputies to the grass-root people's congresses were elected, and the local people's congresses at all levels were convened. On this basis, 1,226 deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) were elected.